HBO has long produced some of the best televised stand-up comedy specials, and even if that sweeping general statement isn’t true, I think I should get a pass because of Eddie Murphy’s “Delirious.” But that’s all going to end in December when HBO airs “Robin Williams: Weapons of Self-Destruction.” I’ve included a clip from his current tour below so you can see how hilarious it is. (Get it? “Bomb” and “bong” are similar-sounding words!)

Williams has done four solo specials on HBO. The most recent, which aired in 2002, received five Emmy nominations. His relationship with HBO dates back to his appearance on a “Young Comedians” show in 1977.

Williams co-stars with John Travolta in the upcoming Disney comedy “Old Dogs.” [AP]

This is just sad. I used to love Williams’s unhinged manic energy when he was coked out of his mind. I laughed my ass off when he pretended to be a Shakespearean actor and said, “The moon like a testicle hangs low in the sky.” Now it’s just a bunch of jokes told in rapid succession, which is unfortunate because crappy jokes told fast are still just crappy jokes. He’s just telling more of them than most bad comics.

I saw a dog get hit by a car once. That was funnier than Robin Williams.

07.08.09 at 4:59 pm

Butters

Well I think robin Williams is prett good. Robin Williams: Live on Broadway was awesome. Hands down hilarious. 8.5/10 on imdb, probably his best work.

I’ll concede that it’s been a decade since his last watchable film, but the guy knows how to do stand up.

07.08.09 at 5:00 pm

Unsilent Majority

“Get it? “Bomb” and “bong” are similar-sounding words!”

Hey, it was funny enough to be the base premise of that shitty Harold and Kumar sequel.

07.08.09 at 5:25 pm

Panty Man

The only “stand up” I’d watch Robin Williams do is bail on dinner without telling his date.

07.08.09 at 5:28 pm

George W. Bush

You can’t like the first Harold and Kumar and not like the second, if you do, then you’re a fuckin’ hypocritizer. Now shut the fuck up, and smoke my weed

07.08.09 at 6:18 pm

AEVC again

+1 Butters. Every time.

07.08.09 at 6:45 pm

essequemodeia

The last time Williams was doing the promotion circuit he had a tight little two minute bit that was amusing at first. Then, I realized he was doing the exact same manic bit on every show. Letterman, Leno, Conan, The Today Show…. the same EXACT bit.